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Saturday, 21 February 2015

Differently-abled meet Arvind Kejriwal

Differently-abled petitioners were given preference over the general
crowd on the second day of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s janta
darbar at the Aam Aadmi Party’s Kaushambi office that lasted more than
an hour on Thursday.

A three-tier security ring was thrown around the CM during the public
interaction, which was attended by more than 500 people, including
well-wishers who came with sweets and garlands.

“The CM wanted to meet the disabled first, so they were given
preference, irrespective of their time of arrival,” Ghaziabad city
magistrate Kapil Singh, who was supervising the event, said.

Complainants started trooping in as early as 8 am for the session
that started at 10 am. Later, groups of 10 people, five men and five
women, were allowed to meet the chief minister in batches.

Mr Kejriwal came out around 11.30 am and appealed to the gathering,
who were still awaiting their turn, to submit their grievances to the
officials.

“I am leaving from here, as I have to attend a very important
meeting. But do not go from here until your concerns are submitted to
the officers here because you have voted me to solve your problems,” he
said.

Amit Chhabaria, a senior official from the chief minister’s office,
said, “We are collecting the complaint letters which would be sent to
respective authorities to take action accordingly.”

But a few people were disappointed with the arrangement. “We came
here to put our grievances before Kejriwal only, but it is very sad that
he left without hearing our complaint,” said Manoj Kushwaha, who came
from Dwarka.

Meanwhile, party volunteers clarified that Mr Kejriwal would be
holding meetings between 10 am to 11 am on each Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.

Visually-impaired 45-year-old Prem Kumar, who managed to meet the
chief minister, said, “The CM expressed his inability to give me
employment, but he assured me to do something for my accommodation
requirements.”